Generation of measurement strategy for measuring a measurement object

An apparatus for determining an altered measurement strategy for measurement of a measurement object, the apparatus comprising:

• a coordinate measuring machine including a sensor and configured to measure the measurement object in accordance with an initial measurement strategy to generate an initial measurement by using at least the sensor to capture a number of measurement points of the measurement object;
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• an evaluation device configured to determine (i) a measurement quality of the initial measurement and (ii) a sensor quality during or after the capturing of the measurement points using the sensor in the initial measurement, wherein:
• in response to the measurement quality being greater than a target minimum measurement quality, the initial measurement strategy is altered by the evaluation device to produce the altered measurement strategy,
• the initial measurement strategy is altered to reduce at least one of:
• time required to measure the measurement object in accordance with the altered measurement strategy,
• computational outlay required to measure the measurement object in accordance with the altered measurement strategy, and
• data storage capacity required to measure the measurement object in accordance with the altered measurement strategy,
• in response to the sensor quality being greater than a target minimum sensor quality, at least one sensor parameter of the sensor is altered by the evaluation device to reduce at least one of:
• the time required to measure the measurement object in accordance with the altered measurement strategy,
• the computational outlay required to measure the measurement object in accordance with the altered measurement strategy, and
• the data storage capacity required to measure the measurement object in accordance with the altered measurement strategy,
• the at least one sensor parameter is an adjustable parameter of the sensor that impacts the sensor quality, and
• the coordinate measuring machine is configured to measure at least one of the measurement object and a second measurement object according to the altered measurement strategy by probing, via the sensor, the at least one of the measurement object and the second measurement object based on the altered at least one sensor parameter.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions including:

• using a coordinate measuring machine, generating an initial measurement by measuring a measurement object according to an initial measurement strategy, wherein measuring the measurement object includes capturing, using at least a sensor of the coordinate measuring machine, a number of measurement points of the measurement object;
• determining (i) a measurement quality of the initial measurement and (ii) a sensor quality during or after the capturing of the measurement points using the sensor in the initial measurement;
• subsequent to generating the initial measurement, altering the initial measurement strategy in response to the measurement quality being greater than a target minimum measurement quality to produce an altered measurement strategy, wherein the altering the initial measurement strategy is performed such that at least one of:
• time required to measure the measurement object in accordance with the altered measurement strategy is reduced,
• computational outlay required to measure the measurement object in accordance with the altered measurement strategy is reduced, and
• data storage capacity required to measure the measurement object in accordance with the altered measurement strategy is reduced;
• in response to the sensor quality being greater than a target minimum sensor quality, altering at least one sensor parameter of the sensor, wherein:
• the at least one sensor parameter is an adjustable parameter of the sensor that impacts the sensor quality, and
• the altering the at least one sensor parameter is performed to reduce at least one of:
• the time required to measure the measurement object in accordance with the altered measurement strategy,
• the computational outlay required to measure the measurement object in accordance with the altered measurement strategy, and
• the data storage capacity required to measure the measurement object in accordance with the altered measurement strategy;
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• controlling the coordinate measuring machine to measure at least one of the measurement object and a second measurement object according to the altered measurement strategy by probing, via the sensor, the at least one of the measurement object and the second measurement object based on the altered at least one sensor parameter.